NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Rhinoptilus
  Family - Glareolidae
  Order - Charadriiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Rhinoptilus africanus africanus
      Subspecies - Rhinoptilus africanus bisignatus
      Subspecies - Rhinoptilus africanus erlangeri
      Subspecies - Rhinoptilus africanus gracilis
      Subspecies - Rhinoptilus africanus granti
      Subspecies - Rhinoptilus africanus hartingi
      Subspecies - Rhinoptilus africanus raffertyi
      Subspecies - Rhinoptilus africanus traylori